Similar to the vulnerability scanning scripts available in NSE, Metasploit also offers a number of useful vulnerability scanners. Like Nmap's scripts, most of these are fairly targeted and are used to scan a particular service.
Vulnerability scanning with MSF auxiliary modules
Getting ready
To perform vulnerability analysis with Metasploit auxiliary modules, you will need to have a system that is running network services over TCP or UDP. In the example provided, a Windows XP system with an RDP service is used for this task. For more information on setting up a Windows system, refer to the Installing Windows Server recipe in Chapter 1, Getting Started.